Category: College

LOCK HAVEN, PA – Lock Haven University assistant field hockey coach Mallory Weisen is one of 12 players selected to the United States Women’s National Indoor team that will travel to the 2012 Pan American Indoor Championships in Puerto Montt, Chile. The 2012 Pan American Indoor Field Hockey Championships will take place Thursday, August 30 to Sunday, September 2. The United States will join Argentina, Chile and Uruguay in the tournament. Weisen, a Middleburg, Pa. native is set to begin her fourth season as assistant coach with the Lady Eagle…

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Park Ridge, IL – ESPN announced the network and start time designations for the 14th annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge presented by DICK’s Sporting Goods, to be played Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 27 and 28. All 12 games of the two-day event will be broadcast on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU. All games will also be available via WatchESPN, which delivers live access to ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3 on PCs, smartphones and tablets to fans who receive ESPN’s linear networks as part of their video subscription from Comcast, Time Warner Cable,…

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LEWISBURG, PA – While three individuals were named to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Track & Field Team in the last 48 hours, the rest of the Bucknell men’s and women’s squads also earned recognition as USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams on Thursday. The Bison women posted a cumulative grade-point average of 3.39, while the men came in at 3.16. Bucknell was one of four Patriot League schools on the women’s side, along with Colgate, Lafayette and Lehigh, to earn a cumulative team GPA of…

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BETHLEHEM, PA – The annual Patriot League Football Media Day took place Wednesday at Green Pond Country Club and the inaugural Preseason All-League Team was announced with three Bison showing up on the list. Senior RB Tyler Smith (Hatfield, Pa./North Penn), senior LB Beau Traber (Norman, Okla./Norman North) and junior FB Travis Friend (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) were among the 28 total players recognized. Voting for the Preseason All-League Teams was conducted by the Patriot League’s head coaches and football sports information directors. Lehigh WR Ryan Spadola was named the Preseason…

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LEWISBURG, PA – Bucknell head wrestling coach Dan Wirnsberger on Wednesday announced that 2007 NCAA qualifier Jim Gibson has joined the Bison staff. A four-year starter at Edinboro and a 2009 World Team Trials qualifier, Gibson has coached at Clarion since 2007. “We’re excited to add Jim Gibson to our coaching staff,” said Wirnsberger, who is entering his seventh season on the Bison bench in 2012-13. “He is a young man that has tremendous passion and love for the sport of wrestling. Jim’s past experience as a coach will help…

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CHICAGO – BTN will televise more soccer this season than ever before, with at least 60 matches set to air on BTN, including for the first time each round of the Big Ten Men’s and Women’s Soccer Tournaments. Each BTN broadcast is also available on BTN2Go. The soccer season on BTN begins on Friday, Aug. 24, when defending Big Ten Champion Penn State women host 2011 National Champion Stanford, while the men begin on Sunday, Sept. 23, with seven-time national champion Indiana at Ohio State. BTN’s live coverage of men’s…

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SLIPPERY ROCK, PA – The Lock Haven University football team was picked to finish eighth in the 2012 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Preseason Coaches’ Poll announced today at the PSAC West Media Day held on the campus of Slippery Rock University. Representing the Bald Eagles at Media Day was head coach John Allen, senior defensive tackle Skyler Wool and senior defensive end Ben Snyder. California (Pa.) University and Indiana (Pa.) University have been voted as co-favorites in the Western Division.  This year marks the seventh straight season that Cal…

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LORETTO, PA – The 2012-13 Saint Francis University men’s basketball team will play an 11-game non-conference slate featuring dates with Penn State, Notre Dame and four home games, head coach Rob Krimmel announced on Friday. “We’re excited to play a non-conference schedule of this quality because it will give our guys a chance to compete against some extremely talented student-athletes,” said Krimmel, who enters his first season at the helm of the Red Flash.  “Playing 11 quality opponents, including a couple of tournament teams, will go a long way in…

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 LORETTO, PA – As the start of the 2012 fall season draws near, head men’s soccer coach Michael Casper finalized his recruiting class by adding four more names to the roster. “I am excited to add these four student-athletes to our team,” Casper said. “They will all bring something special to the team and combine them with our already strong group of incoming players and I think this has the opportunity to be an outstanding class.” The latest additions join Casper’s earlier group of recruits, Wallis Debourou, Andrew Garcia, Jack…

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LORETTO, PA –  The Saint Francis University softball program recently announced it will hold a Fall Exposure clinic this September. The skills clinic will run from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Sunday Sept. 16 at the cost of $125. Participants can expect to be taught all of the offensive and defensive skill sets necessary to play collegiate softball. On hand to do some of the instructing will be coaches from Division I, II and III institutions. Format for the clinic will consist of an exposure portion in the morning…

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